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What Is Life-211
What Is Life-211
What Is Life-211
Chapter 1
Life is an emergent
property of the
organization of
matter!
Complexity,
Organization, Potential
Energy
Levels of Organization of
Matter
Size
tallest trees
Size
100 m
10 m
Cell
1m
10 cm
chicken egg
1 cm
1 mm
frog embryo
100 m
visible with
light microscope
Units of measurement:
1 meter (m) = 39.37 inches
1 centimeter (cm) = 0.01 m
1 millimeter (mm) = 0.001 m
1 micrometer (m) = 0.000001 m
1 nanometer (nm) = 0.000000001 m
adult human
10 m
1 m
100 nm
10 nm
1 nm
mitochondrion
virus
proteins
diameter of DNA
double helix
0.1 nm
atoms
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
to
to
to
to
(ex.
Fig. 1-10
Mutations arise from a number of sources including ultraviolet (UV) radiation, viruses, transposons, and occasionally,
copying mistakes during cell reproduction.
Evolution is an ongoing
process!
Antibiotic-Resistant Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (TB)
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA)
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
(VRE)
Multi-drug resistant Neisseria
gonorrhoeae (Gonorrhea)
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Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus & species
Eukarya
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Hominidae
Homo sapiens